s 3 Joint planning committee for Greater London.
(1) The joint planning committee for Greater London established under section 5 of the Local Government Act 1985 shall continue to discharge the functions mentioned in subsection (2). (2) The joint planning committee shall— (a) consider and advise the local planning authorities in Greater London on matters of common interest relating to the planning and development of Greater London; (b) inform the Secretary of State of the views of those authorities concerning such matters including any such matters as to which he has requested their advice; (c) inform the local planning authorities for areas in the vicinity of Greater London, or any body on which those authorities and the local planning authorities in Greater London are represented, of the views of the local planning authorities in Greater London concerning any matters of common interest relating to the planning and development of Greater London and those areas; and the committee may, if it thinks fit, contribute towards the expenses of any such body as is mentioned in paragraph (c). (3) The expenses of the joint planning committee which have been incurred with the approval of at least two-thirds of the local planning authorities in Greater London shall be defrayed by those authorities in such proportions as they may decide or, in default of a decision by them, as the Secretary of State may determine. (4) References in this section to the local planning authorities in Greater London are to the authorities which are local planning authorities for the purposes of Part II.